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Over the last few weeks, the first round of 802.11ac WiFi devices have started to emerge. In essence, 802.11ac is a supercharged version of 802.11n (the current WiFi standard that your smartphone and laptop probably use), offering link speeds ranging from 433 megabits-per-second (Mbps), all the way through to multiple gigabits per second. For more details on what 802.11ac is, and how it will eventually replace wired gigabit ethernet networking at home and in the office, read on.

Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, in association with Japan’s largest mobile operator, NTT Docomo, have successfully transmitted data at 10 gigabits per second from a mobile device to a base station, in a real-world outdoor environment. This is about 2000 times faster than the 5-megabits-per-second upload speed that you can expect to get on an LTE network in the US.

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